Cyprus

The once bustling Laiki Yitonia is now shuttered. Even the municipality has given up. A decision’s been taken to transfer the stewardship of Laiki Yitonia from Nicosia municipality back ...

Excavations are currently underway at eight sites – seven in the north and one in the south – by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), however sources said on Saturday that no ...

The cabinet gathered in Troodos on Saturday to discuss the huge task of organising Cyprus EU presidency which will see around 28,000 participants and high-level officials descending on Cyprus over six ...

Under the slogan “Stop the famine – stop the genocide”, the Cyprus Peace Council is calling on the public to join a protest next Saturday in Nicosia “against the man-made humanitarian ...

As Cyprus prepares to take on the EU Council presidency, the Byzantine museum is putting cultural heritage on the cultural agenda, with upcoming presentations on the history and preservation of ...

Federation of employers and industrialists (Oev) spokesperson Michalis Antoniou said on Saturday that a meeting with the labour minister failed to break the deadlock over the cost-of-living allowance and Thursday’...

A 36 year-old Ukrainian was arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday evening after it was found that he was wanted by Ukrainian authorities. “The 36-year-old is allegedly related to a case ...

Police on Friday night arrested 17-year-old in an ongoing case of attempted murder of a security guard and the arson of four cars belonging to a rental company in Pyla ...

A series of guided walking tours around the capital will fill the autumn days as Visit Nicosia resumes its thematic tours. Starting on September 13 and running until December, the walks ...

A 16-year-old was arrested in Larnaca on Friday night on charges of causing grievous bodily harm against two individuals on August 11. The 16-year-old was released after being questioned. Polic reported ...

A 45-year-old man has admitted to setting a fire in which four decommissioned vehicles that were parked at the old oil refinery premises in Larnaca were destroyed on early Saturday ...

The weather on Saturday will be mainly clear though rain is possible in the mountains in the afternoon. Temperatures will be 35C inland, around 31C and 27C in the mountains. ...

Wrap-up of business & economy stories from the day before Hellenic Bank and Eurobank Cyprus this week announced that a unified schedule of rights and charges will take effect in ...

The council of ministers this week approved a proposal by the interior minister to grant funding of €2.1 million to community clusters across Cyprus for urgent works to clear abandoned agricultural ...

Lawyer Christos Clerides on Friday questioned the Council of Europe’s selection process for the island’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Clerides, who represents two ...

The 1,200 tonnes of humanitarian aid which arrived at the Israeli port of Ashdod last week after having been sent from Cyprus earlier in the month has arrived in the Gaza ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday night said President Nikos Christodoulides is using the matter of crossing points between the island’s two sides as “political blackmail”. He said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday night promised that the new road which will link Paphos and Polis Chrysochous will have four lanes when construction is complete. “Our government … has decided ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday night announced that a new hospital will be built in Polis Chrysochous. Speaking during a visit to the town, he said that “preparatory actions have ...

Members of the House commerce committee on Friday paid a visit to Tillyria, with its chairman, Disy MP Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis calling for a “comprehensive policy” to be devised for the ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will return to Cyprus next week, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed on Friday evening. He confirmed that she will meet President Nikos ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) is set to welcome 800 new undergraduate and another 200 postgraduate students at both master’s and doctorate levels in the upcoming academic year, with four ...

Natural gas from under the seabed of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) will be exported to Europe in 2027, Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi said on Friday. Speaking after a ...

An engine oil spill detected at Larnaca port on Thursday night was cleaned up on Friday morning by fisheries department officers, department director Marina Argyrou said. Speaking to the Cyprus ...